зогсох

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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Attested once in a 1338 Middle Mongol document as ᠵᠣᠭᠰᠤᠭᠤᠯᠪᠠᠰᠤ (ǰoɣsuɣulbasu, (if he) let (them) stop), but otherwise restricted to modern Central Mongolic.

Cognate with Buryat зогсохо (zogsoxo), Kalmyk зогсх (zogsx).

Replaced Proto-Mongolic *baï- in the sense 'to stand', see байх (bajx, to be).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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зогсох (zogsox) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠣᠭᠰᠤᠬᠤ (ǰoɣsuqu), causative зогсоох)

  1. to stand
  2. to stop
    1. to halt
    2. (with -хаа (-xaa)) to stop doing
      Synonym: болих (bolix)
    3. to stop happening
      Synonym: завсарлах (zavsarlax)
  3. to be unable to continue
  4. to break down
  5. to persevere

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